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It seems that the way these teachers(if what the Daily News says is true) are going about this is the wrong way. This topic should stay in a Foreign Policy course. Than the debate can be talked about intelligently. As far as the government of Israel being evil, I wouldn't go that far. But they are oppressors and occupiers. This has nothing to do with the Jewish religion. This has to do with politics. If anyone has any interest, they can read the British Mandates and White Papers from the beginning, and they can judge themselves, how many resolutions have been defied by this government. I don't believe in war or violence. I hate it, but if someone were to take my home away and not let me get it back after so many resolutions have been put forth for me to do so, I would probably fight. Not innocents but the guilty. Noone has that right. Noone has the right to oppress anyone. Israel has a military. For some reason it is more moral to use this military for questionable reasons than it is to throw rocks or use bombs.
If you have no sympathy for the Palestinians and think Israel was meant for the people who occupy it and oppress them, you know that war happens. The Jews and Arabs lived peacefully, side by side, before this land was taken. Israel has been an aggressive neighbor for many, many years and, like I said, has openly ignored most resolutions. This is not an anti-semitic thing-though there are anti-semites out there. To me at least, this is a political thing. And it's wrong. It's also wrong how these teachers are going about getting their point across.